Are you an entrepreneur or business owner who has written a book, or is writing a book, and you don’t know what to do next? Or perhaps you don’t even know where to start?

Let IndieMosh be your guide! We’ve been helping Australian authors like you self publish since 2009.

Click on the statement which best describes your current situation:

I’ve written a book, had it edited and I am ready to self publish.

If you’ve finished writing your book, had it edited and are ready to self publish, IndieMosh can take the pain out of the self publishing process for you. We specialise in the following services:

File formatting – design and layout of internals (in consultation with you)
Cover design and file creation (again, in consultation with you)
Provision of a printed proof for you to check
Provision of 10 final copies delivered to your door (you can order additional copies at wholesale pricing)
Print on demand publication and worldwide distribution via Ingram’s Lightning Source platform
Creation of ebooks (if your book is suitable for publication as an ebook) and worldwide distribution via Amazon’s KDP platform and Smashwords
Provision of ISBNs and legal deposit (if you use our ISBNs)
Supply of copies at wholesale pricing any time and in any quantity you choose – just send us an email.
All the other little admin tasks associated with publishing a book – which would put you to sleep if we listed them here! (Download our IndieMosh quick checklist of 33 things you need to have, now and do to self publish your book here, if you really want to know. )

So if you’ve written your book and had it edited, we’d love the opportunity to provide an obligation-free quote for publishing it. All our obligation-free quotes are valid for three months, and we don’t pick up the phone and hassle you for your credit card details. Aside from a follow-up email to make sure you received the quote, we will leave you in peace to make the decision that’s right for you. Or we’ll answer any questions you may have to help you with your decision-making!

If you accept our quote, then we’ll work to help you become a published author, so that the knowledge currently in your head, that’s now in your book, can help cement your place as a leader in your industry. And, depending on the type of book you’re publishing, it might even help provide you with a passive income stream.

Get the ball rolling

Or feel free to have a look at our Packages page first.

I’ve written a book but I haven’t had it edited.

If you’ve written your book but haven’t had it edited, we’d recommend obtaining a manuscript appraisal from Kit Carstairs’ Manuscript Appraisal Agency here: https://www.manuscriptagency.com.au/schedule-of-fees.

A manuscript appraisal will give you feedback on whether the book is hitting the right mark or not and what else you might need to consider to develop it further. An appraisal will also help guide you towards appropriate editing services.

In the meantime, sign up for our free email series: The Nine P’s of Publishing to help you get a handle on some of the things you’ll need to think about to get the best value out of your self publishing journey.

I want to write (or finish writing) and publish a book which will help promote me as an authority or expert in my field.

If you’d like some help developing or finishing a book to help promote yourself as an expert in your field, we recommend:

- Kit Carstairs’ Manuscript Appraisal Agency at https://www.manuscriptagency.com.au/mentorships

- Gail Tagarro The Book Writing Coach at https://editors4you.com.au/book-coaching-writing-programs/

for your coaching and mentoring services.

Just make sure that when you’re writing your book, you understand the type of client you’re hoping to attract. What problem does your customer have? Do they even realise they have those problems? What issues might they need solved? Your book needs to illustrate how you’ve been in their shoes and can help them move to the next stage in their personal or business life. So write with that end in mind.

This type of book is a great marketing tool for people who have a new idea or concept for something, for those who offer personal services, and for those who are active on the public-speaking circuit.

Once you’ve written your book, then your mentor or coach might be able to help edit it for you, or guide you towards an appropriate editor. Or choose one of our Preferred Partners here: https://indiemosh.com.au/resources/indiemosh-preferred-partners/

In the meantime, sign up for our free email series: The Nine P’s of Publishing to help get a handle on some of the things you’ll need to think about to get the best value out of your self publishing journey.

I want to write (or finish writing) and publish a book to help market my business or my business offerings.

If you’d like some help developing or finishing a book to help market your business and its offerings, we recommend:

- Kit Carstairs’ Manuscript Appraisal Agency at https://www.manuscriptagency.com.au/mentorships

- Gail Tagarro The Book Writing Coach at https://editors4you.com.au/book-coaching-writing-programs/

for your coaching and mentoring services.

Just make sure that when you’re writing your book, you do it for your potential customer, not yourself. What problem does your customer have? What issues do they need solved? Address their problems then let them know how you can solve them.

This type of book is a great marketing tool for higher-value services and products. You can leave it with the prospect to help them with their decision-making. Once the job is done, they will possibly pass the book on to someone else they know with a similar problem – because even in this day and age, no one likes to throw a book out. So that little book could be more useful, and a better generator of revenue, than a business card!

Why IndieMosh?

IndieMosh specialises in helping Australian authors self publish their books.
That’s all we do – we publish books. And we’ve been doing it since 2009.

Only pay for what you need

At IndieMosh, we don’t do editing and we don’t do marketing. We do the bit in the middle – the publishing. So we take the pain out of the layout and design, the file creation, the ISBNs, the legal deposit, and we guide you through the information we need to get your book published.

When you do it the IndieMosh way, you can work with editors (the ‘before’ bit) and marketing strategists (the ‘after’ bit) of your own choosing and according to your needs and your budget. This means that:

you’re not working with a limited range of in-house specialists, and
we’re not outsourcing your work to third parties at a premium.

Reduced administration

If you use our services, we’ll add your books to our print on demand and ebook distribution accounts so that you don’t have to set up your own accounts with IngramSpark, Amazon, etc. Your books will be available worldwide to online and bricks and mortar stores and you’ll have no upfront costs for distribution.

We’ll aggregate your royalties with our other authors’ royalties meaning you’ll be paid more frequently – you won’t have to wait until you reach Amazon’s US$100 threshold to receive your payment from their US store. And you won’t have to wait until you reach their AU$100 threshold to receive payment from their Australian store, and so on.

And you’ll be able to view and/or download your aggregated sales reports from your IndieMosh account at any time during the year. This means you can create just one report for your tax accountant!

Better returns, more often

At IndieMosh we pass on a minimum of 85% of the net royalties we receive, ex-GST, monthly.

That’s right – we pass on at least 85% of the net amount we collect ex-GST, and we pay it to our authors monthly! Not quarterly, not six monthly, and not annually like some other providers. IndieMosh pays royalties monthly, on the 21st of each month.

The maximum 15% we retain is an admin and accounting fee to cover our costs of processing the various payments we receive. But if you earn in excess of AUD$1,000 in any one month, you will receive an adjustment so that for that month only you effectively receive:

Between $1,000 and $4,999.99 – royalty rate increased to 90% (our fee reduced to 10%)
Between $5,000 and $9,999.99 – royalty rate increased to 92.5% (our fee reduced to 7.5%)
$10,000 or more – royalty rate increased to 95% (our fee reduced to 5%)

Our philosophy is that you’ve paid for the publishing, so you should be earning the rewards!

The proof is in the publishing pudding

As at today’s date, IndieMosh has helped 368 Australians publish 676 books.

In fact, we’ve published an average of 1.84 books per author, which means we have a high rate of return clients, so we figure we must be doing something right – especially considering the fact that writing a book is often an enormous, do-it-once kind of achievement.

So if you’ve written your book, had it edited and are ready to publish, we’d love to hear from you!

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